Sec. 202. Policy for use of locally adapted native plant materials by Department of Defense
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Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2692 the following new section: In undertaking a land management activity on land under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including land withdrawn for or held by permit or lease, it is the policy of the United States that preference to the extent practicable shall be made for the use of locally adapted plant materials of native plant species. The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, shall— implement the policy established by subsection
(a)through appropriate administrative actions; and specifically identify situations in which the use of plant materials of nonnative plant species may be warranted, including situations in which— emergency conditions require the protection of basic resource values; an interim, nonpersistent measure is needed to aid in the reestablishment of native plant species; plant materials of native plant species are not reasonably available; or the plant community subject to the land management activity has been permanently altered. The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture regarding implementation of this section. In this section: The term land management activity includes— maintenance and restoration; and conservation and cultural activities pursuant to sections 2691 and 2694 of this title. The term locally adapted with respect to a plant, a plant that— originates from an area that is geographically proximate to a planting area; and is environmentally adapted to, and likely to succeed in becoming established and persisting within, that area. The term native plant species means indigenous terrestrial and aquatic plant species that evolved naturally in a defined native ecosystem. The term nonnative plant species means a plant that has been introduced by humans to a location outside the native or natural range of the plant and may, depending on relevant facts and circumstances, include a species introduced from— another continent; another ecosystem; another seed zone; or another habitat within an ecosystem. The term plant material includes, with respect to a native plant species or a nonnative plant species, such a plant or material of the plant capable of propagating that species, including— the seeds of the plant; the eggs of the plant; the spores of the plant; or other biological material of the plant. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2692 the following: 2693. Policy for use of locally adapted native plant materials in management of Department of Defense lands. .